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REGULATIONS GOVEHNING THE ENTRY AND TRANSPORTATION OF MERCHANDISE 
DESTINED FOR THE KLONDIKE REGION AND NORTHWEST TERRITORY OF BRITISH 
COLUMBIA, VIA THE UNITED STATES SUBPORTS OF JUNEAU, DYEA, AND SKAG- 
WA r. OR OTHER CUSTOMS PORTS IN ALASKA. 



X.S08. 
Oep«r..„*„t Circular No. .3. l^rCaSlXrU 3 CpU VtlU CWt, 

Division of Customa. ^~^ "^ 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 

Washington, D. C, February 2, 1898. 

To Collectors of Customs and othei^s interested : 

Tlu> followiiit; regulations are pnltli.slied foi- tlie iiitbriiiation and guidance of all concerned : 

I. 

Imported merchandise arriving at Jiinean. Dyea, and Skagway, or any other customs jiort in Alaska., 
lor tnins])ortation to the Klondike region, unless iininedialely entered under warehouse, transportation, 
and exi)orlation entry, will he taken pos.se.ssion of by the ehieC customs olheer at the jiort and stored at 
the exi)ense ot' the ownei-s. 

II. 

Such merehandi.se may. aller proper entry ha.s been made, proceed under warehouse, transportation, 
and exportation entry, without i>nyment of duly, in charge ol' a cu.stoms officer, the cost of who.se trans- 
portation and nniintenance must be jiaid by the importer, or upon tlie liling of a bond by the importer, 
with satisfactory .securities, for its due exportation ; said bond to be in amount eqinil to the duties and 
charges on the goods, and to be canceled upon proper evidence of exportation. Whenever the owner 
.shall ])refer to deposit with the deputy collector an amount of money equal to the duties and cjistoras 
charges on the goods, the filing of a bond may Ix' waivcnl. and such deposit will l)e refunded by the 
deputy collector receiving it, as hereinatler provided; but in view of the prohibition of the landing of 
intoxicating Ii(|Uors within the Territory of Ahiska, any package containing .snch spirits intended for 
immediate exi)0!tat ion shall be tinnsportcd in custody and under the supei-vision of a customs officer as 
above i)rovided. 

III. 

A manifest anil duplicjite copy of the entry containing a description of the merchandise, with the 
nund)ers and marks of thi> packages, shall be jjicsented to the collector at the subport at which entry is 
made, and said manifest and entry, after l>eing duly certified, shall accompany the nnirchandi.se on its 
routethrough fnited States teiritory. anil shall be delivered with the dn]ilicate copy of the entry to the 
deputy collectiii- at the frontier fur vcrllicalion by comparison with the nu'r<:handi.se covci-ed thereby. 






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IV. 

A deputy collector shall be stationed at the froutier line on the route used for such transportation, 
and it shall be his duty to identify the merchandise by comparison with the description thereof contained 
in the entry and certified manifest. 



If the merchandise corresponds with the description and shall pass into British territory, the deputy 
collector at the frontier shall so certify in the manifest, which shall then be transmitted by him to the 
collector at the port of entry, and he shall also give the owner a certificate stating that the conditions of 
the bond have been fulfilled, or, if the duty shall have been deposited with the collector at the port of 
entry, the deputy collector shall furnish the owner with a certificate of exportation, which certificate, 
duly indorsed by the owner, shall, whenever presented to the deputy collector by whom the deposit was 
received, be accepted by him as full authority for the refund of the amount due on such deposit, and such 
refund shall be paid by him to the original owner, or to the person designated by the owner's indorsement 
on the certificate. 

VI. 

If any of the merchandise included in the manifest shall have been consumed or abandoned on the 
route or shall otherwise fail to appear at the frontier, duty shall be collected on the same by the deputy 
collector at the frontier, before he shall furnish a voucher for the cancellation of the bond ; if the duty 
shall have been deposited at the port of entry, the deputy collector shall deduct the duty on the missing 
goods from the amount so deposited, and shall give his voucher for the balance remaining due to the 
owner of the goods. 

VII. 

All imported animals or merchandise abandoned or sold on the route through United States terri- 
tory shall be seized by the customs officers and forfeited to the Government unless duty shall be paid 
thereon. 

VIII. 

Whenever the collector at the port of entry shall receive from the deputy at the frontier a report 
that the conditions of any bond have been fulfilled, he shall cancel such bond, and whenever he shall 
receive the certified statement of exportation above provided for and a voucher for the duty remaining 
due the owner, he shall pay over such duties, or so much of the same as shall have been found due, to 
the owner of the goods or the person duly designated by the indorsement of the owner. 

IX. 

The customs officers at the ports affected by these regulations are hereby authorized to require, when- 
ever they shall deem it expedient to do so, the landing under customs supervision of all imported goods 
at such wharf or warehouse as shall be duly designated by them, there to be held in customs custody until 
the issuance of permit for their removal. 



All articles carried by passengers on the above routes, which are in use, and which consist of wearing 
apparel and jjersonal effects necessary for the present comfort and convenience of such passengers, are 
exemjit from duty. 



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Any peisoii ('ii;j;a;j;e(l in :iii ;ittv;iui)t to uvadu llie UniUul Slates rcveiiuc laws mitler tliese rt-yiilatioiis 
will be ai resteil, and on conviction will be subject to the extreme penalty of the law in siu-li causes providcil, 
and any merchandise introduced into the United States in violation of the revenue laws will be contisiatcd 
by the Goverumeut. 

XII. 

For the information of pei-soiis interested, the following copy of the regulations issued by the t'oni- 
niissioner of Customs of the Dominion tiovernnient is published herewith : 

KEOILATIONS ISSIEI) UY TIIK CUM MISSKIN Kli (IK CISTO.MS, no.MIXlOX OF CAN'AIIA. 

Rii/iiliiliiiiis for carri/iny goods of llie Uniltd Sinlts and other foreign goodn in Iratisit through Vmiiuln, from Juneiiu, AIn.ikii, to Circle 
Citg or olhrr poinln in AIntka, United SlateH, via Cliilkoot or iVhile Pasa. 

I. — IniporWd giiods in tninsit, as above described, shall be reported at the Canadian custom house, I.aku Tagish. and may 
tiH entered for exportation there on the usual form, "In transitu," in duplic;ite. 

II.— The goods m.iy then be delivered without payment of duty to be carried to their destination out of Canada by any 
transportation company which hiis duly executed a bond in the form prescribed by the minister of customs, for the due and 
faithful delivery of all packages carried by such company aii<l for the general compliance with the customs laws and regulations 
governing such traffic. 

A duplicate of the "entry in tran.situ," duly signed and marked with the proper customs stamp, .shall acconi|>any each 
shipment of goods conveyed by a bonded c^irrier, so that the siimc may be returned to the custom house at Fort Cudahy, with a 
certificite thereon as to the landing of the goods in the United States or of their being piLssed outward from Canada within six 
months from dat« of entry. 

III. — If the goods when entered in transitn lor exportation are not delivered to be forwarded by a bonded carrier, as 
provided in the hvst preceding section, the duty thereon is to be deiM).sited with the customs oflicer at Lake Tagish, subject to a 
refund of siime at the port of Fort Cudahy when the goods p;vss outward thereat, or upon the certificate of an officer of tin- 
United States or of the Canadian customs that the said goods have been landed in the United States within six months from the 
date of the in Irnnsitu entry. 

The duty deposited in such citse is to be indorsed on the entry and certified by the customs officer in charge, and the 
duplicate of the entry, duly certified and marked with the customs stamp, is to be delivered to the person making the dejiosit 
of duty. 

IV. A report of each "entry in transitu" shall be forwarded by mail without delay by the customs officer at the sending 
port to the collector of customs at Fort Cudahy, lor the collection of duties on the goods entered in Irnn.iilu and not duly exported. 

V. — The articles usually classed i«s travelers' bagg:ige are to be p;issed free without entry. 

■John McUouoai.I), Comminnionrr of Uustont.1. 
O-lT.vw.v, December 17, 1S97. 

N. H. — The foregoing regulation also applies to goods in transit as above via Stickecn River and Dalton Trail. 

.John .McDolCiALK, fxjHimisnioiKT of Vu.ituin.i. 
Ja.m AUV 8, 1898. 

The Canadian regulation in regard to travelers' baggage is sis follows: 

"Wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, and similar personal I'llVcls of 
persons arriving in C.inada may be p:usscd free witlioni entry at customs, as travelers' biiggagc, under the 
provisions of the customs tarilV, but this provision shall only include such articles as aetuall,\ accompany 
anil are in tlie use of and tis are iieces.sary and approiiriate for the weiir and use of such pei-sons for the 
immediale purpose of the journey and present comfort and convenience, and shall not be held to a])ply 
to merchandise or articles intended for other jjersons or for siile." 

L. J. GAGE, 

SecrcUtri/. 



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